A further 20 people are injured and 24 miners were believed to be trapped when the rescue operation got under way in Tabas.

DUBAI: A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran's South Khorasan Province killed at least 51 people and injured 20, Iran's state media said on Sunday. T...

A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran's South Khorasan Province killed at least 51 people and injured 20, Iran's state media said on Sunday. The accident was caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks, B and C, of the mine run by the Madanjoo company, state…

Authorities were sending emergency personnel to the area after the blast late Saturday, it said. Around 70 people had been working there at the time of the blast. State TV later said 24 people were believed to be trapped inside.

Iran: As many as 50 people were killed in a massive explosion at a coal mine in Iran's South Khorasan Province. According to local channels, the explosion

A methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, killing at least 19 people and injuring another 17, Iranian state television reported on Sunday.

A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran's South Khorasan Province killed at least 51 people and injured 20, Iran's state media said on Sunday.

Methane leak sparks blast

At least 51 people are reported to have been killed after a gas leak sparked a blast in eastern Iran.

The accident was caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks, B and C, of the mine run by the Madanjoo company, state media said.

Twenty-four people are still missing following the gas explosion.

A methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, killing at least 51 people and injuring 20 others, Iranian state media reported Sunday. The rescue operation in block B has been completed.

The report said the deaths happened at a coal mine in Tabas, some 540 kilometers (335 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran. Authorities were sending emergency personnel to the area after the blast late Saturday

A methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens, Iranian state television reported on Sunday.

A methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens of others, state media reported.

At least 51 workers were killed and another 20 injured.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, killing at least 32 people and injuring 17 others, Iranian state media reported Sunday. Another 18 miners are believed to be trapped inside.

A blast caused by a gas leak at an Iranian coal mine has killed at least 51 people, state media said, in one of the country's deadliest work accidents in years.

Report shows methane gas leak caused blast in 2 blocks of mine, owwned by private Iranian firm Madanjoo.

A gas leak triggering an explosion at a coal mine in Iran killed more than 50 workers and injured 20 others, state media reported Sunday. The Red Crescent said search and rescue operations are underway…

Around 30 people died and 17 people were injured in the blast at a coal mine in Tabas, some 335 miles southeast of Tehran. It is estimated that 24 miners are trapped inside

A suspected explosion has killed at least 51 people at a coal mine in Iran, according to state media. Many others were believed to be trapped inside.